Recent content by Gamma1214

So far I've built 4 strippers and my favorites at this point are the John Winters designed Raven and the Alan Gage designed Bloodvein. Both are high volume, wilderness capable trippers that are a pleasure to paddle, handle moving water very well and both of those builds came in reasonably light...

I have to admit that I DO wonder what I could get one down to if I used Northern White Cedar but I'm very happy with the results I've been getting with local (mostly "junk wood" species). Maybe someday if I run into a Cedar that simply must be cut down...

As mentioned above, the 39# weight & the way it paddled in moving water both left me thinking that it might be the preferred hull on the next portage-heavy trip North. The extra football layer on the inside will help with impact resistance but I felt that I should have a bit more abrasion...

Like Alan, I think the draw is easy access, easy to find ports & the fact that people know about the BWCA. I feel like it's also far easier to plan an "escape route" in the event that someone finds they are not up to the adventure or to find help if they're a bit out of their depth. My 1st...

Best part about tripping IMO is when there are no schedules. I've recently finished transferring all pics & videos from the sd cards to an external hard drive so I have 10-12 empty cards for the next trip. Always stresses me out to erase the cards though... "what if something goes wrong with...

We've run into similar cooperation trying to eliminate "road walk" sections of the North Country Trail here in PA. It's more difficult when the owners are city folks and we can only hope that people don't take the access for granted. Now if we could only get a little more cooperation along the...

Looks like an awesome trip in a great location. Nice that the landowners allow use of the campsites. Thanks for taking the time to post

Maybe try it directly on YouTube?

Exactly my thoughts as I read the comments.

A very enjoyable TR & some great pics, thanks! Shame you didn't work on your writing project, but perhaps the subject matter needed to be a bit more reflective of the surroundings (?) I tend to gravitate toward orange gear as it's easier for me to spot while breaking camp. I lose enough...

That looks like a blast.

OOF. Those ropes in my line of sight would drive me crazy long before I got close to home. Good that you got out & better that the lines don't distract you. Is there a trip report in the works? (I didn't get out this year (yet), so I'm tripping vicariously)

Helps keep your feet warm.

Looks like a good trip despite the poor-weather paddle-out. I don't think I've ever seen that much stuff piled on a yak... Mike may be a candidate for a canoe conversion. :) Thanks for taking us along

Fine; I stand corrected... Having seen that, a younger (and dumber) version of myself might have tackled it. (I think I saw a "sneak line" along the wall on river right 😉)